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I saw out of gas and to me the salesman didn't look like he ever gave anything away cheap.

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I was wondering if Mal was independently wealthy after I went to a web site looking up the different types of ships in the ‘verse, and one of the sections in that site discussed the money and economy in the ‘verse where it said that cattle must be a lot more valuable in that reality if people were willing to pay the price of transporting them from one planet to another. I believe in Our Mrs. Reynolds, Mal talked about growing up on a large ranch with lots of hands to help raise him so I wonder if he was independently wealthy and that was why he could ignore the ship salesman and buy Serenity when it did not work.



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I was wondering if Mal was independently wealthy after I went to a web site looking up the different types of ships in the ‘verse, and one of the sections in that site discussed the money and economy in the ‘verse where it said that cattle must be a lot more valuable in that reality if people were willing to pay the price of transporting them from one planet to another. I believe in Our Mrs. Reynolds, Mal talked about growing up on a large ranch with lots of hands to help raise him so I wonder if he was independently wealthy and that was why he could ignore the ship salesman and buy Serenity when it did not work.



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If he were wealthy would he let needed repairs go unrepaired? I think not.

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I was wondering if Mal was independently wealthy after I went to a web site looking up the different types of ships in the ‘verse, and one of the sections in that site discussed the money and economy in the ‘verse where it said that cattle must be a lot more valuable in that reality if people were willing to pay the price of transporting them from one planet to another. I believe in Our Mrs. Reynolds, Mal talked about growing up on a large ranch with lots of hands to help raise him so I wonder if he was independently wealthy and that was why he could ignore the ship salesman and buy Serenity when it did not work.



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If he were wealthy would he let needed repairs go unrepaired? I think not.

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Good point, but could he have had to leave things in a state of disrepair because of his circumstances?



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no. uh uh.

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Originally posted by TinFoil:
Just because your folks (or folk in Mal's case) is wealthy doesn't mean you are. And as for buying the ship, who says he isn't still making payments?

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Usually after an area is destroyed the government has to make reparations...maybe Mal used that money to buy Serenity... and being one job away from starvation ( raggety edge here) doesn't speak to him having money. Most ranchers are "wealthy" on the books, but have very little in the way of spending money. Other thought is mal's mom had either life insurance, or a nest egg set aside that he could access after her death...anyway my two cents:)

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I would say, that Mal was independently wealthy, and then spent all that money on Serenity.

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Originally posted by Redlava:
I'm thinking that Mal probably lost everything before he joined the independents. Something tells me they didn't have 401K's on Shadow.And who knows what sorts of illegal or legitimate things that he may have done to earn a few bucks to buy Serenity. I don't recall ever hearing the time frame between Serenity Valley and his purchase of Serenity. For all we know it could have been several years. Plenty of time to save up money to purchase a ship in a state of disrepair.

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